• General Notes

  FOUNDER OF THE HOUSE OF CANMORE
  BUILT EDINBURGH CASTLE
  BUILT KINDROCHIT CASTLE, BRAEMAR, ABERDEENSHIRE
  Malcolm lived in exile after the death of his father until 1057, when he slew Macbeth in battle to become king, thereby founding the House of Canmore which would rule Scotland for 200 years. His English wife Margaret brought a strong English influence to the court. Malcolm even changed the court language from Gaelic to Saxon. A formidable warrior king, Malcolm invaded England many times and supported the claim of his brother-in-law Edgar Aetheling for the English throne after 1068. In the end, however, his efforts proved futile and he was forced to pay homage to William the Conqueror and his son William II Rufus.
  
  Malcolm and his son (and heir) were killed in battle at Alnwick in Northumberland in 1093. Queen Margaret died upon hearing the news of their fate.
  
  Malcolm III was succeeded briefly by his brother Donald Bane, and then by his son, Duncan II.
  
  Malcolm has been immortalized in Shakespeare's play MACBETH. With Macduff's slaying of Macbeth, Malcolm becomes king at the end of the play:
  MACDUFF
  
  Hail, king! for so thou art: behold, where stands
  The usurper's cursed head: the time is free:
  I see thee compass'd with thy kingdom's pearl,
  That speak my salutation in their minds;
  Whose voices I desire aloud with mine:
  Hail, King of Scotland!
  
  ALL
  
  Hail, King of Scotland!
  
  (Flourish)
  
  MALCOLM
  
  We shall not spend a large expense of time
  Before we reckon with your several loves,
  And make us even with you. My thanes and kinsmen,
  Henceforth be earls, the first that ever Scotland
  In such an honour named. What's more to do,
  Which would be planted newly with the time,
  As calling home our exiled friends abroad
  That fled the snares of watchful tyranny;
  Producing forth the cruel ministers
  Of this dead butcher and his fiend-like queen,
  Who, as 'tis thought, by self and violent hands
  Took off her life; this, and what needful else
  That calls upon us, by the grace of Grace,
  We will perform in measure, time and place:
  So, thanks to all at once and to each one,
  Whom we invite to see us crown'd at Scone.
  
  
  Historical figures from Shakespeare's MACBETH who appear in this database include:
  
  Macbeth (c. 1014-1057)
  Lady Macbeth (Gruoch) (b. c. 1015)
  Duncan, King of Scotland (1001-1040)
  Malcolm III, King of Scotland (c. 1031-1093)
  Donalbain (King Donald III Bane) (c. 1033-1099)

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